Fakenham Races

Fakenham Racecourse is a left-handed, oblong-shaped British horse racing venue in Norfolk, East Anglia.

This sharp, undulating track is about a mile all the way around and hosts National Hunt events over jumps only. The track suits nippy types with speed between the obstacles, not strong galloping horses.

Although there are currently no top-class Fakenham races, the feature contest held there is the Norfolk National – a handicap chase over an extended three-and-a-half miles in May.

The steeplechase course has six fences on it and is on the outside of the hurdles track.

Fakenham Races Fixtures And Events 2021

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apr 2021

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MON 4th Jan Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

TUE 19th Jan Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

THU 28th Jan Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

FRI 19th Feb Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

FRI 19th Mar Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

MON 5th Apr Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

TUE 4th May Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

SUN 23rd May Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

There are no events this month

FRI 15th Oct Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

TUE 16th Nov Fakenham Midlands

Turf Jump Afternoon

There are no events this month

Confirmed races in plain text. Confirmed pattern races in bold text. Unconfirmed races in grey text.

Fakenham Races Tips

Richard Johnson was top jockey at Fakenham Racecourse in the five National Hunt seasons from 2015-16 to 2019-20, riding 14 winners at a 25 per cent success ratio.
Others had better averages with Ciaran Gethings (35 per cent) and Nico de Boinville (38 per cent) doing particularly well with their mounts at this track.
Olly Murphy trained twice as many winners of Fakenham races as any other handler in that time with 29 at a 24 per cent strike rate.
Again, others posted better averages: Lucy Wadham (26 per cent), Neil Mulholland (28 per cent), Christian Williams (37 per cent) and Stuart Edmunds (40 per cent).